Wednesday, September 29, 2010

DICK GRIFFEY

DICK GRIFFEY
A MAN WE CALLED FRIEND


THE WHISPERS, HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF KNOWING RICHARD” DICK” GRIFFEY, SINCE 1974. ALTHOUGH IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD GREAT LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE BLESSING THAT GOD PERMITTED US TO BE TO EACH OTHER, IN OUR BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND PERSON LIVES.


HIS EMINENT INTELLECT AND ROBUST PHYSICAL STATURE WAS EQUALLED ONLY BY HIS UNIQUE SENSE OF HUMOR, BEWITCHING BAD BOY SMILE AND HIS GOD GIVEN VISIONARY ATTRIBUTES, QUALITIES THAT CAN NOT BE TAUGHT, BOUGHT, BORROWED OR STOLEN.


OUR GREATEST REGRET IS THAT FATHER TIME WAS NOT KIND AS TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL DICK, JUST HOW MUCH WE LEARNED FROM HIM AND JUST HOW THANKFUL WE WILL ALWAYS BE THAT OUR LIVES TOUCHED HIS IN THIS ALL TO SHORT ODYSSEY CALLED LIFE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, TILL TIME INDEFINITE, THERE WILL BE A VACANCY IN THE HEARTS OF EACH MEMBER OF THE WHISPERS. WE SINCERELY HOPE THIS SOBERING OCCASION WILL CAUTION US ALL TO, NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY” AMEN!


IN CLOSING, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS AND DEAR FRIENDS OF DICK GRIFFEY', TO READ PSALMS 23, IN YOUR HOLY BIBLES: IN PARTICULAR VERSE:4 WHICH SAYS,YEAH THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH: I WILL FEAR NO EVIL; FOR YOU ARE WITH ME; YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF THEY COMFORT ME”. AND AS YOU READ GODS WORD, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AS SURE AS GOD IS WITH EACH OF US, OUR HEARTS, THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL OF YOU.



GOD LOVES YOU AND SO DO WE
THE WHISPERS


Friday, March 5, 2010

TO THE SURVIVING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS OF MR. RON BANKS, LEAD SINGER FOR THE LEGENDARY VOCAL GROUP, THE DRAMATICS.......

TO THE SURVIVING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS OF MR. RON BANKS, LEAD SINGER FOR THE LEGENDARY VOCAL GROUP, THE DRAMATICS.......
WE HAVE SHARED HOPES AND DREAMS, BLESSING AND SINS WITH RON AND THE REST OF THE GUYS FOR OVER 37 YEARS....... HIS UNIQUE VOCAL STYLE AND THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC THAT HE BLESSED US ALL WITH WILL FOREVER ECHO IN THE CORRIDORS OF OUR HEARTS.......ALTHOUGH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO JOIN YOU IN SHEDDING TEARS OF PAIN AND LOST, WE PRAY THAT THOSE TEARS OF PAIN AND LOST WILL BE REPLACE BY TEARS OF HOPE AND JOY WHEN WE READ WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR DEPARTED LOVE ONES; ECCL.9:5 "THE LIVING ARE  CONSCIOUS THAT THEY WILL DIE ; BUT THE DEAD IS CONSCIOUS OF NOTHING AT ALL." ---THEY ARE SIMPLY IN A STATE OF REST AS EXPRESSED BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR,  JESUS CHRIST, WHEN HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES REFERRING TO THE DEATH OF LAZARUS AT JOHN 11:11-14 "  LAZARUS OUR FRIEND HAS GONE TO REST, BUT I AM GOING THERE TO AWAKEN HIM.,..... BUT THEY DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND .THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM OUTSPOKENLY: " LAZARUS HAS DIED."
 
SO WE PRAY ONE DAY SOON THAT WE WILL ALL BE ABLE TO REJOICE FOR RON, KNOWING THAT HE HAS PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT, HE HAS FINISHED THE RACE AND FINALLY, HE REST IN PEACE!!!!!!! 
 
MAY GOD ALWAYS DIRECT YOUR STEPS
WE LOVE YOU
SCOTTY, WALTER, LEAVEIL AND NICK
THE WHISPERS